Function Points Consumed Per User

Continuing on some items about function points, Use this for quantitative analyses of the volume of software required or used in different jobs or in different industries.

Source

The source is the reference text listed below.The Capers Jones book explores the amount of software utilized by knowledge workers in different industries and in different jobs, as an example of how Function Point data can be used to support economic analysis of the business value of software applications.

Example

According to Capers Jones research, a Software Engineer in the United States uses approximately 15,000 Function Points of software to support job performance.

Assumptions

The book was published in 1991, so that the data is at least four years old.Capers Jones acknowledges that the margin of error in this data is high.

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